— paradoxical, paradoxal , adj. — paradoxically , adv. — paradoxicalness, paradoxicality , n. — paradoxology , n.
/par"euh doks'/ , n.
1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
2. a self-contradictory and false proposition.
3. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
4. an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
[ 1530-40; paradoxum parádoxon, n. use of neut. of parádoxos unbelievable, lit., beyond belief. See PARA- 1 , ORTHODOX ]
Syn. 3. puzzle, anomaly, riddle.